Over a month after Zodiak Media and Banijay Group confirmed merger talks, the companies have today (July 28) agreed to merge, creating a global producer-distributor with a footprint in more than 18 territories.

Go Back to Where You Came From returns to Australia’s SBS after three years on Tuesday (July 28). Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder producers talk to realscreen about why Go Back has come back, and why they took participants to the Syrian frontline.

Realscreen is accepting submissions for its annual MIPCOM Picks feature, highlighting “can’t miss” projects being shopped in Cannes, until August 11. (Pictured: last year’s ‘Best in Show,’ Last Days in Vietnam)

Red Planet, exec produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, will combine scripted and unscripted elements to examine the space race to Mars, while the miniseries Parched, exec produced by Alex Gibney (pictured), will look at the global water crisis.

Due to premiere on Monday (August 3) on HBO, the latest doc by Oscar-winning filmmakers Susan and Alan Raymond goes inside a California prison to explore moral implications of sentencing convicts to life without the possibility of parole.

Discovery Communications revealed a slate of forthcoming series and specials across its roster of channels, including a live exorcism for Destination America and U.S. tycoon series, American Titans, on American Heroes Channel. (Pictured: American Scandals host Barbara Walters)